"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mable. Like Aro, I will be waiting outside the lab in ten minutes."

On his way outside, Kjolmar noticed someone sneaking into a room near the entrance. Since no one else saw that, he decided to follow the stranger into a side room. Upon entering, he heard three voices talking to each other about getting as much Sinnoh pokemon as possible. "Oh, you're not from Sinnoh either?" he asked them bluntly. 

They turned around and were surprised to see him. A bit uneasy even. 

"I am terribly sorry for interrupting." Kjolmar continued, "I accidentally overheard your conversation about catching wild pokemon. You must be very exiting."

It was only then that he saw one of them was a pokemon, a Meowth. The blue-haired man looked very confused after Kjolmar's words. "Catching wild poke-..." But the paink-haired woman quickly interrupted her partner. "Why, yes indeed! We are trainers, obviously. My name is Jesse and these are James and Meowth. We are from Kanto."

Kjolmar smiled widely. "Kanto, huh? I might go there one day. It's nice to meet you, I am Kjolmar."

Jesse took a step closer. "Say Kjolmar, could you do us a favor and not tell anyone you saw us here? We are planning a birthday surprise for Professor Rowan and it has to remain a secret."

"Ofcourse!" Kjolmar said, completely unaware of Jesse's lie. "Well, good luck with the surprise. I have to go and meet my Sinnoh travel partners outside."

Once outside, the first thing he noticed were Aro and Mable. Noibat went straight for Luna again. "Hey guys, I feel like we should buy Rowan a present before we go. Did you know it is his birthday?"